[cryptome] Why the close collaboration between NSA & AT&T matters

These recently released documents could give new life to Jewel v NSA. For
years, James "I lie to Congress and get away with it" Clapper and his ilk
have tried to make the EFF look like the lunatic fringe for backing the
claims made in Mark Klein's testimony. The feds have managed to quash
almost every investigation into their warrantless wiretapping under the
tired guise of endangering national security, often with no substantive
evidence; just the claim alone is enough to scare off most jurists.